The proposed map chops up Central Texas' 37th Congressional District, which is currently represented by Democrat Rep. Lloyd ...

In other action, downtown Ald. Brendan Reilly is gathering petition signatures to challenge Cook County Board President Toni ...

Today is the day Texas state House Speaker Dustin Burrows set as a deadline for Democrats who fled the state to return to the chamber and help establish quorum. Follow for live updates.

After the Texas House failed to make a quorum on Tuesday, Texas Democrats were told to return to Austin by Friday​ or face ...

Global shares advanced Monday after Wall Street had its worst day since May following the release of weak U.S. jobs data and ...

When Democrats gathered in Philadelphia eight years ago, Michelle Obama famously declared, “When they go low, we go high.” ...

Plus, the suspect in a shooting this week at Fort Stewart in Georgia was bullied for his stutter when he first joined the ...

Gavin Newsom and Kathy Hochul are ready to gerrymander to fight Trump and Abbott's radical redistricting scheme in Texas. It could get messy.

Israel has announced plans to extend the Gaza war and take over Gaza City. And, President Trump wants a new U.S. census to exclude people without legal status.

The president can’t exclude undocumented immigrants from the count. He wants the Supreme Court to let him do it anyway.

Democrats concede there’s only so much they can do to keep Texas from redrawing its maps. But they want to encourage blue ...

The annual summer break is a critical window for Texas’ senior senator, whose allies are blitzing the airwaves with ads ...